Browse Surnames

Mac Suibhne Irish
Means "son of Suibhne" in Irish.

MacWilliam Scottish
Means "son of William" in Gaelic.

Madison English
Means "son of Maud". A famous bearer of this surname was the fourth American president James Madison (1751-1836).

Madsen Danish
Means "son of Mads".

Maessen Dutch
Means "son of Maas".

Magnusson Swedish
Means "son of Magnus".

Magomadov m Chechen
Means "son of Magomed".

Magomedov m Avar, Dargin, Chechen
Means "son of Magomed".

Mahoney Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Mathghamhna meaning "descendant of Mathgamain".

Mäkelä Finnish
Means "the place of the hill" in Finnish.

Maki 1 Japanese
From Japanese 牧 (maki) meaning "shepherd, tend cattle".

Maksimov m Russian
Means "son of Maksim".

Malone Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Maoil Eoin meaning "descendant of a disciple of Saint John".

Məmmədov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Məmməd".

Mandić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Manda".

Marciniak Polish
Means "son of Marcin".

Mårdh Swedish
From Swedish mård meaning "pine marten".

Marić Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Marija".

Marinov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Marin".

Marinović Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Marin".

Marjanović Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Marjan 2".

Markey Irish
From the Irish Ó Marcaigh meaning "descendant of Marcach", a given name meaning "horse rider".

Markov m Bulgarian, Russian
Means "son of Marko or Mark".

Marković Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Marko".

Markusson Swedish
Means "son of Markus".

Marques Portuguese
Means "son of Marcos".

Márquez Spanish
Means "son of Marcos".

Martens Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Marten".

Mårtensson Swedish
Means "son of Mårten".

Martínez Spanish
Means "son of Martín" in Spanish.

Martinov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Martin".

Martinović Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Martin".

Martinsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Martin".

Martinson English
Means "son of Martin".

Martinsson Swedish
Means "son of Martin".

Marušić Croatian
Matronymic name meaning "son of Marija".

Mateev m Bulgarian
Means "son of Matey".

Matevosyan Armenian
Means "son of Matevos".

Mathers English
Occupational name meaning "mower, cutter of hay" in Old English.

Matheson Scottish
Means "son of Matthew".

Mathewson English
Means "son of Matthew".

Mathiasen Danish
Means "son of Mathias".

Mathisen Norwegian
Means "son of Mathias".

Matić Croatian
Means "son of Matija".

Matijević Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Matija".

Matsson Swedish
Means "son of Mats".

Matthewson English
Means "son of Matthew".

Matthiasen Danish
Means "son of Matthias".

Mattsson Swedish
Means "son of Matts".

Matveyev m Russian
Means "son of Matvey".

Maus German
From a nickname meaning "mouse", from Old High German mus.

McAdams Scottish, Irish
Means "son of Adam" in Gaelic.

McAlister Scottish, Irish
From Scottish Gaelic MacAlastair or Irish Gaelic Mac Alastair meaning "son of Alistair".

McArthur Scottish
Means "son of Arthur" in Gaelic.

McCabe Irish, Scottish
Means "son of Cába", where Cába is a byname meaning "cape, cloak" (from Latin cappa).

McCaig Scottish
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacThaoig meaning "son of Tadhg".

McCarthy Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cárthaigh meaning "son of Carthach".

McCauley Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Amhalghaidh or Mac Amhalghadha meaning "son of Amhalghaidh". The given name Amhalghaidh, from Old Irish Amalgaid, is of uncertain meaning.

McClelland Irish, Scottish
From Gaelic Mac Giolla Fhaoláin meaning "son of the servant of Faolán".

McCormick Irish, Scottish
From Gaelic Mac Cormaic meaning "son of Cormac".

McCrory Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Ruaidhrí meaning "son of Ruaidhrí".

McCullough Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Cú Uladh meaning "son of Cú Uladh". The byname Cú Uladh means "hound of Ulster". This surname has also been associated with Old Irish cullach "boar".

McDermott Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Diarmada meaning "son of Diarmaid". The McDermotts were nobility in the Kingdom of Connaught, a province in Ireland.

McDevitt Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Daibhéid meaning "son of Dáibhí".

McElligott Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Gaelic name Mac Uileagóid meaning "son of Uileagóid", a diminutive of Uilleag.

McFarlane Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Scottish Gaelic MacPhàrlain or Irish Gaelic Mac Pharlain meaning "son of Parthalán".

McGill Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Ghoill meaning "son of the foreigner", derived from gall "foreigner".

McGovern Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mag Shamhradháin meaning "son of Samhradháin", a given name meaning "summer".

McGuinness Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mag Aonghuis meaning "son of Aonghus".

McGuire Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mag Uidhir meaning "son of Odhar", a given name meaning "pale-coloured".

McIntyre Scottish
From Scottish Gaelic Mac an tSaoir meaning "son of the carpenter".

McIver Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic MacIomhair meaning "son of Íomhar".

McKellar Scottish
From Gaelic MacEalair meaning "son of Ealar".

McKendrick Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic MacEanruig meaning "son of Eanraig".

McKenna Irish, Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Cionaodha meaning "son of Cionaodh".

McLean Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic MacGillEathain or MacGillEain meaning "son of the servant of Eòin".

McLeod Scottish
From Gaelic MacLeòid meaning "son of Leod", a given name derived from Old Norse ljótr "ugly".

McMahon Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Mathghamhna meaning "son of Mathgamain".

McManus Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Mac Maghnuis meaning "son of Mághnus".

McMillan Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic MacMhaoilein meaning "son of Maolan", itself meaning "devotee, servant, tonsured one".

McNab Scottish, Irish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Aba meaning "son of the abbot".

McNamara Irish
From Irish Mac Conmara meaning "son of Conmara". The given name Conmara is composed of cú "hound" and muir "sea".

McNeil Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic MacNèill meaning "son of Niall".

McNeilly Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Fhilidh meaning "son of the poet".

McRae Scottish
From Gaelic Mag Raith meaning "son of Rath", a given name meaning "prosperity" or "grace".

McReynolds Scottish, Irish
Means "son of Reynold" in Gaelic.

McSheehy Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Mac Síthigh, meaning "son of Sítheach".

McTavish Scottish
Anglicized form of Gaelic MacTàmhais meaning "son of Tàmhas".

McWilliam Scottish
Means "son of William" in Gaelic.

Medved Slovene, Croatian, Ukrainian
Means "bear" in several languages, from the Old Slavic root medvědĭ.

Medveď m Slovak
Slovak cognate of Medved.

Medvedev m Russian
Derived from Russian медведь (medved) meaning "bear".

Mehmedović Bosnian
Means "son of Mehmed".

Melo Portuguese
Portuguese form of Merlo.

Mendelsohn Jewish
Means "son of Mendel".

Mendelssohn Jewish
Means "son of Mendel".

Menéndez Spanish
Means "son of Menendo" in Spanish, the given name Menendo being a medieval Spanish form of Hermenegildo.

Merle French
French form of Merlo.

Merlo Italian, Spanish
Means "blackbird", ultimately from Latin merula. The blackbird is a symbol of a naive person.

Michaelson English
Means "son of Michael".

Michalak Polish
Means "son of Michał".

Michelakakis m Greek
Means "son of Michail".

Michelakis m Greek
Means "son of Michail".

Michelakos m Greek
Means "son of Michail".

Michiels Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Michiel".

Mihailović Serbian
Means "son of Mihailo".

Mihajlović Serbian
Means "son of Mihajlo".

Mihaljević Croatian
Means "son of Mihael".

Mihaylov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Mihail".

Mihov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Miho", the given name Miho being a diminutive of Mihail.

Mikaelsson Swedish
Means "son of Mikael".

Mikhailov m Russian
Means "son of Mikhail".

Mikkelsen Danish
Means "son of Mikkel".

Milić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Mile".

Milligan Irish
Anglicized form of the Irish Ó Maolagáin meaning "descendant of Maolagán", a given name derived from maol meaning "bald" or "tonsured".

Millward English
Means "guardian of the mill" in Old English.

Milojević Serbian
Means "son of Miloje".

Milošević Serbian
Means "son of Miloš".

Milovanović Serbian
Means "son of Milovan".

Minkov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Minko", a Bulgarian diminutive of Mihail.

Mirzəyev m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Mirzə".

Mirzoev m Tajik
Means "son of Mirzo".

Mladenovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Mladen".

Mogensen Danish
Means "son of Mogens".

Mohan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Mocháin meaning "descendant of Mochán".

Moloney Irish
From Irish Ó Maol Dhomhnaigh meaning "descendant of a church servant".

Monahan Irish
From Irish Ó Manacháin meaning "descendant of Manacháin". The given name Manacháin meant "little monk", from manach "monk" and a diminutive suffix.

Moriarty Irish
From Irish Ó Muircheartach meaning "descendant of Muirchertach". This was the surname given by Arthur Conan Doyle to a master criminal in the Sherlock Holmes series.

Morrison English
Means "son of Morris".

Mortensen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Morten".

Moschella Italian
From a diminutive of Italian mosca meaning "housefly", perhaps originally a nickname for an annoying person.

Mosconi Italian
Variant of Moschella.

Mullen Irish
From the Irish Ó Maoláin meaning "descendant of Maolán". The given name Maolán meant "devotee, servant, tonsured one".

Muratović Bosnian
Means "son of Murat".

Murphy Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Murchadha meaning "descendant of Murchadh". This is the most common Irish surname.

Murray 2 Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Muireadhaigh meaning "descendant of Muireadhach".

Mutō Japanese
From Japanese 武 (mu) meaning "military, martial" and 藤 (tō) meaning "wisteria". The final character may indicate a connection to the Fujiwara clan.

Mutton English
Referred to a shepherd or else someone who in some way resembled a sheep, derived from Norman French mouton "sheep".

Muyskens Dutch
Means "little mouse" in Dutch.

Myška m Czech
From a nickname derived from Czech myš meaning "mouse".

Nathanson Jewish
Means "son of Nathan".

Naumov m Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Naum".

Nazaretyan Armenian
Means "son of Nazaret".

Nazaryan Armenian
Means "son of Nazar".

Nedvěd m Czech
Czech cognate of Medved, derived from the dialectal nedvěd.

Nelissen Dutch
Means "son of Cornelis".

Nelson 1 English
Means "son of Neil". This name was borne by the British admiral Horatio Nelson (1758-1805).

Nenci Italian
Means "son of Nencio", a Tuscan diminutive of the name Lorenzo.

Ngô Vietnamese
Vietnamese form of Wu 1, from Sino-Vietnamese 吳 (ngô).

Nicholson English
Means "son of Nicholas". A famous bearer of this surname is the American actor Jack Nicholson (1937-).

Nicolai Italian
Means "son of Nicola 1".

Nicolescu Romanian
Means "son of Nicolae".

Nielsen Danish
Means "son of Niels 1".

Niklasson Swedish
Means "son of Niklas".

Nikolajsen Danish
Means "son of Nikolaj".

Nikolaou Greek
Means "son of Nikolaos".

Nikolayev m Russian
Means "son of Nikolay".

Nikolić Serbian, Croatian
Means "son of Nikola 1".

Nikolov m Bulgarian, Macedonian
Means "son of Nikola 1".

Nikolovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Nikola 1".

Niles English
Means "son of Neil".

Nilsen Norwegian
Means "son of Nils".

Nilsson Swedish
Means "son of Nils".

Nisi Italian
Means "son of Niso", an Italian form of the mythological name Nisus.

Nissen Danish
Means "son of Nis".

Nixon English
Means "son of Nick". A famous bearer was the American president Richard Nixon (1913-1994).

Nolan Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Nualláin meaning "descendant of Nuallán".

Nunes Portuguese
Means "son of Nuno".

Núñez Spanish
Means "son of Nuño".

O'Brien Irish
From the Irish Ó Briain meaning "descendant of Brian".

O'Byrne Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Broin meaning "descendant of Bran 1".

Ó Carra Irish
Means "descendant of Carra", Carra being a nickname meaning "spear".

Ó Catháin Irish
Means "descendant of Cathán".

Ochoa Spanish
Spanish form of Otxoa.

Ó Cléirigh Irish
Means "descendant of the clerk" in Irish.

Ó Cnáimhín Irish
Means "descendant of Cnámh", Cnámh being a nickname meaning "bone".

Ó Cochláin Irish
Means "descendant of Cochlán", where the given name Cochlán is derived from Irish cochal "cape" or "hood". This surname originated in County Cork, Ireland.

Ó Coileáin Irish
Means "descendant of Coileán" in Irish.

Ó Comhraidhe Irish
Means "descendant of Comhraidhe", in which the given name Comhraidhe is of unknown meaning.

O'Connor Irish
From Irish Ó Conchobhair meaning "descendant of Conchobar".

Ó Corra Irish
Means "descendant of Corra" in Irish. The given name Corra means "spear".

Ó Cuidighthigh Irish
Means "descendant of Cuidightheach" in Irish.

Ó Cuilinn Irish
Means "descendant of Cuileann", Cuileann being a nickname meaning "holly".

Ó Damháin Irish
Means "descendant of Damhán".

O'Donnell Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Domhnaill meaning "descendant of Domhnall".

Ó Duibh Irish
Means "descendant of Dubh", Dubh being a byname meaning "dark".

Ognyanov m Bulgarian
Means "son of Ognyan".

Oh Korean
Korean form of Wu 1, from Sino-Korean 吳 (o).

O'Hannagain Irish
From Irish Ó hAnnagáin, which means "descendant of Annagán". The given name Annagán was a diminutive of Annadh meaning "delay".

O'Hara Irish
From the Irish Ó hEaghra, which means "descendant of Eaghra", Eaghra being a given name of uncertain origin. Supposedly, the founder of the clan was Eaghra, a 10th-century lord of Luighne. A famous fictional bearer of this surname is Scarlett O'Hara, a character in Margaret Mitchell's Gone With The Wind (1936).

Ó hEachthighearna Irish
Means "descendant of Echthigern" in Irish.

Ó hÉideáin Irish
Means "descendant of Éideán" in Irish. The given name Éideán is a diminutive of éideadh meaning "clothes, armour".

Ó hÉidín Irish
Means "descendant of Éidín" in Irish. The given name Éidín is a diminutive of éideadh meaning "clothes, armour".

O'Leary Irish
From Irish Ó Laoghaire meaning "descendant of Laoghaire".

Olesen Danish
Means "son of Ole".

Oliversen Norwegian
Means "son of Oliver".

Oliverson English
Means "son of Oliver".

Oliversson Swedish
Means "son of Oliver".

Olofsdotter Swedish
Means "daughter of Olof".

Olofsson Swedish
Means "son of Olof".

Olsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Ole".

Olsson Swedish
Means "son of Olaf".

Ölvirsson Icelandic
Means "son of Ölvir".

Ó Madaidhín Irish
Means "descendant of Madaihín", a given name derived from Irish madadh meaning "dog, mastiff".

Ó Máille Irish
Means "descendant of a nobleman" from the Irish Gaelic mál.

Ó Maoil Riain Irish
Means "descendant of a follower of Rian", derived from Irish maol meaning "follower".

Ó Maoilsheachlainn Irish
Means "descendant of Maolsheachlann" in Irish.

Ó Maol Aodha Irish
Means "descendant of a follower of Saint Aodh". It is derived from Irish maol meaning "follower, servant".

Ó Maol Bhréanáin Irish
Means "descendant of a follower of Saint Brendan" in Irish.

Ó Maolmhuaidh Irish
Means "descendant of Maolmhuadh", Maolmhuadh being a given name meaning "proud chief", derived from Gaelic maol meaning "chief" and muadh meaning "proud, noble".

Ömərov m Azerbaijani
Means "son of Ömər".

Omarov m Kazakh
Means "son of Omar 1".

Ó Meadhra Irish
Means "descendant of Meadhra". The given name Meadhra is derived from the Gaelic meadhar meaning "merry, happy".

O'Mooney Irish
From the Irish Ó Maonaigh meaning "descendant of Maonaigh". The given name Maonaigh means "wealthy".

O'Neal Irish
From Irish Ó Néill meaning "descendant of Neil".

Ó Raghailligh Irish
Means "descendant of Raghailligh", an Irish given name of unknown meaning.

Ó Riain Irish
Means "descendant of Rian".

Ó Rinn Irish
Means "descendant of Rinn". The given name Rinn means "star" in Irish.

Orlov m Russian
Derived from Russian орёл (oryol) meaning "eagle".

Ó Rodagh Irish
Means "descendant of Rodach" in Irish. The given name Rodach is derived from from Irish rod meaning "spirited, furious".

Orsini Italian
From a nickname meaning "little bear" in Italian, from Latin ursus "bear".

Ortiz Spanish
Means "son of Orti", a byname deriving either from Latin fortis meaning "brave, strong" or fortunius meaning "fortunate".

Ó Ruadháin Irish
Means "descendant of Ruadhán" in Irish.

Ó Ruaidh Irish
Means "descendant of Ruadh" in Irish.

Ó Scolaidhe Irish
Means "descendant of the scholar" from Irish scholaidhe.

Ó Seachnasaigh Irish
Means "descendant of Seachnasach". The given name Seachnasach possibly means "elusive" in Irish.

Ó Séaghdha Irish
Means "descendant of Séaghdha".

Ó Seighin Irish
Means "descendant of Seighin". The given name Seighin means "small hawk" from Old Irish séigene.

Ó Síoda Irish
Means "descendant of Síoda", a byname meaning "silk" in Irish.

Osmonov m Kyrgyz
Means "son of Osmon".

Ó Suaird Irish
Means "descendant of Suart" in Irish. Suart is derived from the Old Norse name Sigurd.

Otis English
Means "son of Ode".

O'Toole Irish
Anglicized form of Irish Ó Tuathail meaning "descendant of Túathal".

Otten Dutch
Means "son of Otto".

Ottosen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Otto".

Ottosson Swedish
Means "son of Otto".

Otxoa Basque
From Basque otso meaning "wolf".

Ovesen Norwegian
Means "son of Ove".

Öwezow m Turkmen
Means "son of Öwez".

Pallesen Danish
Means "son of Palle".

Palomer Provençal
Means "pigeon keeper" from Latin palumbes "pigeon".

Palomo Spanish
Means "pigeon, dove", from Latin palumbes.

Palumbo Italian
From Italian palombo meaning "pigeon" (also "dogfish"). This form is typical of southern Italy.

Pandev m Macedonian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Pande", Pande being a diminutive of Petar.

Panosyan Armenian
Means "son of Panos".

Papadimitriou Greek
Means "son of Dimitrios the priest", from Greek πάπας (papas) combined with the given name Dimitrios.

Papadopoulos m Greek
Means "son of the priest", from Greek πάπας (papas) combined with the patronymic suffix πουλος (poulos).

Papageorgiou Greek
Means "son of Georgios the priest", from Greek πάπας (papas) combined with the given name Georgios.

Papaioannou Greek
Means "son of Ioannis the priest", from Greek πάπας (papas) combined with the given name Ioannis.

Papanikolaou Greek
Means "son of Nikolaos the priest", from Greek πάπας (papas) combined with the given name Nikolaos.

Parker English
Means "keeper of the park" in Middle English. It is an occupational name for a person who was a gamekeeper at a medieval park.

Parkins English
Means "son of Parkin", a medieval diminutive of Peter.

Parkinson English
Means "son of Parkin", a medieval diminutive of Peter.

Parry Welsh
Derived from ap Harry meaning "son of Harry".

Parsamyan Armenian
Means "son of Parsam", possibly from an Assyrian name Barsauma meaning "fasting".

Passerini Italian
From Italian passero meaning "sparrow".

Paternoster English, Italian
Occupational name for a maker of rosaries, also called paternosters. They are derived from the Latin phrase pater noster "our Father", the opening words of the Lord's Prayer.

Paterson English, Scottish
Means "son of Patrick".

Patrickson English
Means "son of Patrick".

Patriksson Swedish
Means "son of Patrik".

Patterson English, Scottish
Means "son of Patrick".

Paulissen Dutch
Means "son of Paul".

Paulsen Norwegian, Danish
Means "son of Paul".

Paulson English
Means "son of Paul".

Pauwels Dutch, Flemish
Means "son of Paul".

Pavić Croatian
Means "son of Pavle".

Pavičić Croatian
Means "son of Pavao".

Pavlov m Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Pavel". A famous bearer of this surname was the Russian scientist Ivan Pavlov (1849-1936), known for his discovery of the conditioned reflex.

Pavlović Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Pavle".

Pavlovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Pavle".

Pavlovsky m Russian
Means "son of Pavel".

Pavone Italian
Means "peacock" in Italian. It was originally a nickname for a proud or haughty person.

Pavoni Italian
Variant of Pavone.

Pawlak Polish
Means "son of Paweł".

Peacock English
From Middle English pecok meaning "peacock". It was originally a nickname for a proud or haughty person.

Peck 2 English
Occupational name for a maker of pecks (vessels used as peck measures), derived from Middle English pekke.

Pecora Italian
Means "sheep" in Italian, an occupational name for a shepherd.

Pedersen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Peder".

Pei Chinese
From Chinese 裴 (péi), possibly referring to an ancient city.

Peláez Spanish
Means "son of Pelayo".

Pender 1 English
From Middle English pind "to pen up". This was an occupational name for someone who penned animals.

Peng Chinese
From Chinese 彭 (péng) referring to the ancient state of Peng, which existed during the Shang dynasty in what is now Jiangsu province.

Pérez Spanish
Means "son of Pedro".

Perić Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Pero".

Perkins English
Means "son of Perkin", a medieval diminutive of Peter.

Perry 2 Welsh
From Welsh ap Herry meaning "son of Herry".

Persson Swedish
Means "son of Per".

Pesce Italian
Means "fish" in Italian, referring either to a fisherman or to a person who resembled a fish in some way.

Peters English, German, Dutch
Means "son of Peter".

Petersen Danish, Norwegian
Means "son of Peter".

Peterson English
Means "son of Peter".

Petersson Swedish
Means "son of Peter".

Petőfi Hungarian
Means "son of Pető", an old diminutive of Péter.

Petrauskas m Lithuanian
Means "son of Petras".

Petrescu Romanian
Means "son of Petre" in Romanian.

Petrić Croatian
Means "son of Petar".

Petrosyan Armenian
Means "son of Petros" in Armenian.

Petrov m Russian, Bulgarian
Means "son of Peter" in Russian and Bulgarian.

Petrović Croatian, Serbian
Means "son of Petar".

Petrovski m Macedonian
Means "son of Petar".